"One possibility would be to display the notes directly under the topic ID (or to can adjust the exact position), but of course a little bit differently formatted or using a delimiting line. Depending on context the user could switch between the current and the new way. I suggest the current way as standard and the new possibility as individual property of single topics. We could enable it from the topic context menu, or even quicker, using Alt+Click on the note symbol." [from mentalwaves]